In conjunction with the 150th anniversary of thoroughbred racing in Saratoga Springs, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will show three films each day through Labor Day. In addition to the museum’s “Race America,” there will be daily showings of “Saratoga Centennial: 1963” and “Racing at Saratoga” each day in the Museum’s […]
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Two Saratoga Springs filmmakers will bring their award-winning documentary, “Comedy Warriors: Healing with Humor” to Skidmore College at 7 p.m. Sat., June 22. Comedy Warriors, made by John Wager and Ray Reo, tells the stories of five seriously wounded Iraq/Afghanistan veterans who are taught stand-up comedy routines by Lewis Black, Zach Galifianakis, B.J. Novak and […]
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Here are several film screenings coming to Saratoga Springs, including a ‘Saratoga 150′ series that promotes the history of horse racing in the city. Skidmore College and the Saratoga Film Forum are presenting three equestrian films – Seabiscuit, Secretariat and Saratoga – on three evenings next week as part of the citywide celebration of 150th […]
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The Saratoga Film Forum presents “Lore,” a unique story about World War II and the Holocaust, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 3 p.m. Sunday. The forum’s Beth DellaRocco explains the movie: “Lore,” based on “The Dark Room,” by Rachel Seifert, is told from the point of view of a German teen trying to […]
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Good Monday morning. It’s the week of Thanksgiving and Black Thursday shopping. Hope your holiday is shaping up nice. So, I took my wife and child to the North Pole on the Polar Express. The Saratoga & North Creek Railway is in its second season of offering trips to see Santa Claus, his elves and […]
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Representatives of Bonacio Construction have called a 10 a.m. Tuesday press conference to “make an annoucement regarding an operator for the movie theater planned at 19 Railroad Place” in Saratoga Springs. The final hurdle in what appears to be downtown’s first movie theater complex in decades appears to have been cleared. That’s pretty big news […]
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The 53-year-old filmmaker vividly recalls the humiliation he felt as a high school freshman, when a senior in rifle range class jammed the barrel of a loaded gun in his face and ordered the younger boy to kiss his shoe. Tennyson Bardwell said he bowed down and touched his lips to the boot of the […]
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Attention film lovers. The Ballston Spa Film Festival 2012 turns five years old this weekend. The free event showcases the work of local filmmakers and area students, along with award-winning short films from around the world. This year’s lineup features 39 short films from five countries. There will be 18 world or USA premiers. Nearly […]
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This updates the movie theater story from last week, corrects a prior inaccuracy on square-footage: Downtown could get its first movie theater complex after the project’s developer won approval for $956,653 in tax breaks Monday. The Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency voted to grant builder Sonny Bonacio the property, sales and mortgage tax breaks over […]
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